Girls' Hockey: Cougars shut out Pierre, 10-0

April 03, 2007

American News Sports Staff PIERRE - Offense was not a problem for the Aberdeen Cougars girls' hockey team as it faced the Pierre Capitals on Friday. Four different players scored goals as Aberdeen racked up a 10-0 victory over Pierre. The combination of Abby Taffe and Alexa Wiese accounted for a majority of the scoring for Aberdeen, scoring eight goals and logging seven assists between them. Aberdeen coach Steve Salwei said the Cougars had some outstanding performances on Friday. "Abby just had a tremendous game and Tara Schipke had a shutout," Salwei said. "She didn't face a lot of shots, but toward the end of the third period, she had faced some pretty tough shots." The Cougars had a 52-6 advantage in shots on goal over Pierre. "There was a lot of effort by everyone," said Salwei. "The girls are starting to do what we've been working on in practice." Salwei said the Cougars have lost to Pierre in the past and, although this year's version of the Governors is a young team, he warned his team not to look past them. "I told them coming in, we don't want to overlook anyone," said Salwei. "We have to prepare and mentally focus on every game." The Cougars improved to 8-4-1 with the victory. Aberdeen closes out 2006 by hosting Rushmore on Sunday at the Odde Ice Arena at 10 a.m. In Thursday's boys' game at Sioux Falls, Aberdeen lost to the Flyers 9-1. No other results were available from that contest. Aberdeen Cougars 3 4 3-10 Pierre Capitals 0 0 0- 0 First Period: 1, Aberdeen, Nicole Bruemmer (Alexa Wiese, Abby Taffe), 14:12; 2, Aberdeen, Taffe (Lexi Gould), 12:11; 3, Aberdeen, Wiese (Taffe), 9:06. Second Period: 4, Aberdeen, L. Gould, 10:50; 5, Aberdeen, Taffe (Wiese), 10:26; 6, Aberdeen, Taffe, 2:10; 7, Aberdeen, Taffe (Wiese), 1:52. Third Period: 8, Aberdeen, Wiese (Taffe, Angelina Gould), 7:57; 9, Aberdeen, Taffe (Wiese, A. Gould), 6:01; 10, Aberdeen, Taffe, 5:52. Goalies: Aberdeen, Tara Schipke (6 shots, 6 saves); Pierre, Jennie Fuerst (52 shots, 42 saves).